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Media attention followed the subsequent Satanic wedding ceremony of journalist John Raymond to New York City socialite Judith Case on February 1, 1967. ''The Los Angeles Times'' and ''San Francisco Chronicl''e were among the newspapers that printed articles dubbing him "The Black Pope." | Media attention followed the subsequent Satanic wedding ceremony of journalist John Raymond to New York City socialite Judith Case on February 1, 1967. ''The Los Angeles Times'' and ''San Francisco Chronicl''e were among the newspapers that printed articles dubbing him "The Black Pope." | ||
The many rituals LaVey created for his new religion included a new form of the [[Black Mass]], Satanic baptisms (including the first Satanic baptism in history for his three-year-old daughter Zeena, dedicating her to [[Satan]] and the Left-Hand Path, which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on ''The Satanic Mass LP''), and Satanic funerals, including one for naval Machinist-Repairman Third-Class Edward Olsen, complete with a chrome-helmeted honor guard. | The many rituals LaVey created for his new religion included a new form of the [[Black Mass]], Satanic baptisms (including the first Satanic baptism in history for his three-year-old daughter Zeena, dedicating her to [[Satan]] and the [[Left-Hand Path]], which garnered worldwide publicity and was originally recorded on ''The Satanic Mass LP''), and Satanic funerals, including one for naval Machinist-Repairman Third-Class Edward Olsen, complete with a chrome-helmeted honor guard. | ||
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, LaVey melded ideological influences from Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, H. L. Mencken, and Social Darwinism with the ideology and ritual practices of the [[Church of Satan]]. He wrote essays introduced with reworked excerpts from Ragnar Redbeard's Might Is Right and concluded with "Satanized" versions of [[John Dee]]'s [[Enochian]] Keys to create books such as ''The Complete Witch'' (re-released in 1989 as ''The Satanic Witch''), and ''The Satanic Rituals''. The latter book also included rituals drawing on the work of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Admitting his use of Might is Right, LaVey stated that he did so in order to "immortalize a writer who had profoundly reached me." | In the late 1960s and early 1970s, LaVey melded ideological influences from Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, H. L. Mencken, and Social Darwinism with the ideology and ritual practices of the [[Church of Satan]]. He wrote essays introduced with reworked excerpts from Ragnar Redbeard's Might Is Right and concluded with "Satanized" versions of [[John Dee]]'s [[Enochian]] Keys to create books such as ''The Complete Witch'' (re-released in 1989 as ''The Satanic Witch''), and ''The Satanic Rituals''. The latter book also included rituals drawing on the work of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Admitting his use of Might is Right, LaVey stated that he did so in order to "immortalize a writer who had profoundly reached me." | ||